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Reviews:
“Fred Leo Brown is to be commended for putting the ravages of war and
the torment it wreaks upon the human mind in a perspective which sears
the soul with its realism and yet, through it all, reveals a healing process
from those psychological ravages.” —TOM MUENCH, Vet Counselor
“One suspects that if President Clinton read Vietnam War Diary, he might
better understand the refusal by many Americans to put aside the
question of politicians’ military service during the Vietnam War.”
— JOHN CLARK PRATT, Author
“I have conducted workshops on teaching the Vietnam War throughout
Oklahoma. This book is one that I can recommend.”
— BILL McCLOUD, Teacher
“History classes teach about places and happenings of war, but this
book, Vietnam War Diary, gives an insight into the thoughts and everyday
experiences you could never even imagine.” — ANN CARROLL
“A graphic depiction of war as good and evil gets blurred and spun
around, losing their identities and leaving the reader wondering who’s
good, who’s bad, who’s crazy, and who’s insane." — JOHN TYLK, Artist
“Every American should read Vietnam War Diary, and experience not the
will of generals, nor the wish of politicians, but the feeling of the average
soldier. Mr. Brown is truly a champion of all fighting men when he writes.
This book should be required reading for everyone from the president to
the newborn.” — JOHN L. MARCHELLO, Pres. Danmar Productions
“Through a series of poems, personal experiences and experiences of
others Vietnam War Diary is a spellbinding, breath-taking saga of human
emotions.” — DAVE RECOB, Editor Americal Division Newsletter
“If you dare to take the journey, Vietnam War Diary, will transport you to
the rice fields and jungles of Vietnam. Once there, you’ll stand side-by-
side with the grunts and watch first hand the destruction of explosions of
homemade booby traps, of grenades, mortars, and bombs.
— MARY K. FLIRLS, Book Reviewer
the torment it wreaks upon the human mind in a perspective which sears
the soul with its realism and yet, through it all, reveals a healing process
from those psychological ravages.” —TOM MUENCH, Vet Counselor
“One suspects that if President Clinton read Vietnam War Diary, he might
better understand the refusal by many Americans to put aside the
question of politicians’ military service during the Vietnam War.”
— JOHN CLARK PRATT, Author
“I have conducted workshops on teaching the Vietnam War throughout
Oklahoma. This book is one that I can recommend.”
— BILL McCLOUD, Teacher
“History classes teach about places and happenings of war, but this
book, Vietnam War Diary, gives an insight into the thoughts and everyday
experiences you could never even imagine.” — ANN CARROLL
“A graphic depiction of war as good and evil gets blurred and spun
around, losing their identities and leaving the reader wondering who’s
good, who’s bad, who’s crazy, and who’s insane." — JOHN TYLK, Artist
“Every American should read Vietnam War Diary, and experience not the
will of generals, nor the wish of politicians, but the feeling of the average
soldier. Mr. Brown is truly a champion of all fighting men when he writes.
This book should be required reading for everyone from the president to
the newborn.” — JOHN L. MARCHELLO, Pres. Danmar Productions
“Through a series of poems, personal experiences and experiences of
others Vietnam War Diary is a spellbinding, breath-taking saga of human
emotions.” — DAVE RECOB, Editor Americal Division Newsletter
“If you dare to take the journey, Vietnam War Diary, will transport you to
the rice fields and jungles of Vietnam. Once there, you’ll stand side-by-
side with the grunts and watch first hand the destruction of explosions of
homemade booby traps, of grenades, mortars, and bombs.
— MARY K. FLIRLS, Book Reviewer
During the war, Fred Leo Brown marched a certified 2,000
miles through terrain where each foot drop could have been his
last. He fought through the legendary 1968 Tet Offensive,
Operation Burlington Trails and Tet Offensive II. After eleven
longs months of combat, he receiving wounds that would
eventually leave him 100% permanently disabled. Then instead
of being hailed as one of the highest decorated soldiers of the
Vietnam War, he was betrayed and denied fourteen medals
including the nations highest, the Congressional Medal of Honor.
An entry was first published in New York’s Provincetown Review
in 1968. A shortened version, “Call Me No Name” would be
published in 1973. Starting in the mid 1990, he started
organizing his letters and connecting them with memoirs.
Vietnam War Diary would be published in 1998.
Includes original 800 word Grunt Vietnam War Dictionary
miles through terrain where each foot drop could have been his
last. He fought through the legendary 1968 Tet Offensive,
Operation Burlington Trails and Tet Offensive II. After eleven
longs months of combat, he receiving wounds that would
eventually leave him 100% permanently disabled. Then instead
of being hailed as one of the highest decorated soldiers of the
Vietnam War, he was betrayed and denied fourteen medals
including the nations highest, the Congressional Medal of Honor.
An entry was first published in New York’s Provincetown Review
in 1968. A shortened version, “Call Me No Name” would be
published in 1973. Starting in the mid 1990, he started
organizing his letters and connecting them with memoirs.
Vietnam War Diary would be published in 1998.
Includes original 800 word Grunt Vietnam War Dictionary
April 5, 1967: Eighteen year old Fred Leo
Brown enters the U.S. Army Recruiting office.
papers stating, “Airborne Infantry - Volunteer -
Vietnam.”
Though not a writer, he finds himself constantly
sending diary-style letters to his mother. So
much so, that the cumulative results represents a
near daily diary from June 16, 1967 (day of
induction), until October 31, 1968 a few days
follwoing him being severely wounded in combat.
Brown enters the U.S. Army Recruiting office.
papers stating, “Airborne Infantry - Volunteer -
Vietnam.”
Though not a writer, he finds himself constantly
sending diary-style letters to his mother. So
much so, that the cumulative results represents a
near daily diary from June 16, 1967 (day of
induction), until October 31, 1968 a few days
follwoing him being severely wounded in combat.
“The diary-type letters and connecting memoirs give Fred Leo
Brown’s Diary the length and breadth needed to insure its
permanent place in world history.” — Scott Johnson M.A.
“Fred Leo Brown’s Vietnam War Diary will served as a
testament about the life and times of a No Name soldier. A
soldier who fought in a war where GOD was the first recruit
and TRUTH the first casualty.
— Roxanna Brown, Combat Journalist
Brown’s Diary the length and breadth needed to insure its
permanent place in world history.” — Scott Johnson M.A.
“Fred Leo Brown’s Vietnam War Diary will served as a
testament about the life and times of a No Name soldier. A
soldier who fought in a war where GOD was the first recruit
and TRUTH the first casualty.
— Roxanna Brown, Combat Journalist
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